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EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOV EMBER a 1914,
ANDERS • & CR:EECH
The War Situation
la the Went the great effort of :he
Kaiser to reach't"Calaus has' proven a
ift lure, Instead of advancing his
a.".zany ,has been forced to retreat, and
thH.M. combat has become more of
a buither5• than a battle, the loss of
the Germans being estimated in -two
weeks to be at least 150,000. h7ear-
er Switzerland the Allies have gain`. War Summary
ed much ground.
In the East Russia has •driven the
The GermaTx fart in China; is being
bombar"sled and declared about ,to fall.
The rebellion` in South Africa has
s tis`. in flight and De, Wet has opened
negotiations• to surrender,
practically been brak'en up as Beyers
Germans 75 miles from "Warsaw with
great loss. Germany is calling out
her 1915 reczuits,
Theapparent entrance of Turkey
in the war has complicated matters
considerably, Nand it is Volleyed that
Italy .Greece and the Balkan States
Will soon join the Allies. Martial law
has been proclaimed by the British
in Egypt which the. `Turks' have; 'in-
daded, •
On the . SeaBritain lost an old cruis
er, and German same'• torpedo boats
and submarines. In view of the Ger-
man mine laying Britain has; declared
the North Sea closed to shipping,
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THURSDAY
Britain has lowered the military
i standard. The minimum height fo
1 melt has been reduced to five feet
four inches, and the age, -limit raised
to 38,
In Galicia the Russians are. making
progress To the south they sur
rounded the 38th Division of the Hun
garian Heaved, together with detach
rents from the Landsturm, ,end de-
stroyed them completely, capturing 2
pieces of artillery and a quantity of
warmateria.
1
rlying
Ge 7
e trap cruiser cr e
uis Emden, lyin„
the Japanese flag and disguised by
the addition of a fourth smokestack,.
entelea Penang, ' a British •aossessian
in the Straits Settlements, and tired
torpedoes which sank the Russian
cruiser Jemtchug and a French de-
stroyer
It is reported r
p here that the Ger-
mans are falling back all along" the
line,; from La Besse. to the sea.
A German newspaper estimates that
Germany has sufficient corn for bread
for the army and population until :.he
next harvest, but adds that the,war,
may last longer and care must be ex-
ercised that none be wasted:
The Ontario 'Government has de-
cided to contribute 200 tons of dried
apdes to Britain.
Premier Botha has routed an, `army
of the rebel Beyers and captured 80
men in the Transvaal.
Britain note has 1,500,000 men un-
der arms and about ready to go to
the 'was, and France has 1,000,000 'vho_
are ready and have not. yet been un-
der fire.
FRIDAY
A. German submarine which attack-
ed the British battleship Venerable
off the Belgian coast, has. been sunk.
The war bill which Europe, is meet
ing daily is now figured up as follows
=Russia .$.14,000,,000; • Gexivany $7,225
000; France $7,000,000; England $5,-
000,000; Austria. $4,000,000; various $3-
000,000. Total ,$40,225;000. This, does
not include destruction.of vessels, and
h'ualdings, etc,
Turkey has entered the war, on the
side of German and Austria-Hungary
by sending the two' _German 'bought
cruiser into the Black Sea on the
Rampage This will likely mean the
entrance of Italy and Greece, on the
other' side
SATURDAY
Martial law has been ,proclaimed in
Egypt, which the Turks have invad-
ed,
The Allies have sunk two Turkish
gunboats
Great Britain 1i ,,,c eeiar,ed the North
Sea closed to shipping, owing to dan-
ger from mines as ,Germany has been
scattering mines indiscriminately.
Germany has apologized to the Al-
lies for her fleet's action; in the Black
Sea, but the Turks are divided as
to whether to go to war.
WEDNESDAY
The . Germans, have given ip the
attempt to reach, Calais bye the creast,
Russia reports wins' in, threer places
avid has invaded Turkey.
A.13ritish submarine was sunk in Lhe
r North sea ,by a mine thrown` cue. by
a German cruiser being chased by
British cruisers. The men were saved,.
Germans claim .to •have sunk; one.
British cruiser, set another one an
- fire and damaged another so that it
- had to a -unto shore, off the - Chilean
coast an Sunday. The claim ist made
that all were destroyed •
0 The Gerrnan fleet is said to have
=pout out . to sea frank the Kiel ;,anal:
ThesA1lie feet
1 has bambardaed
the e Dardanelles,:- causing
great dam-
age .
The closing of the North Sea is
regarded as a fine stroke by Lord
Fisher, the new head of the navy.•
The lass of life or the British hos-
pital ship Rohilila which crashed on
the rocks of the Yorkshire coast
near here before dawn to -day is a
matter -of doubt to -night, The ves-
sel however- is a total wreck.
Slice ess for the Allies hasgrown
out of the series of, furious conflicts
o.ii the extreme left wing trying near
the coast as well as in the vicinity
of Ypres and, Arras
100 more Boer rebels have sur-
rendered without fighting.
It is reported that Lille has again
been captured by the Allies,.
Hungary, weary of a wary inwhich
site ha. -,nothing to gain, would wel-
come.,a chance to quit. It is sup
aes;e 1 also that Servia .'soon may be
compelle•3 to retire within her ,awn
blur lers and assume a purely dicfen•
sive wale in consequence of the nat-
ional exhaustion resulting from the
fighting of three campaigns in as many
years.
The British official statement says
that an Indian contingent has joined
the British and Japanese forces oper-
ating against the Germans before
Tsing Tau, China.
The Russian gunboat was sunk by
a Turk torpedo-boat at Odessa
MONDAY
Colonel Albarts has defeated the
Soutb African rebels in . the; Lichten-
burg district of the Transvaal, kill-
ing'13 wounding 30 and, capturing 240
Turkey has .definitely thrown in her
tot with Austria and. Germany; and if
Partgual is counted there now. axe 11
powers at war with prospectsof
threr. more—Greece, Bulgaria and
Rouananira—being drawn in soon and
Italy making in all 15. •
The Backe feller Foundation has
determined to employ its iinlnense"te-
sources for the relief of noncombat
ants in the "countries afflicted, by the
war and stands ready to give "mil -
liana of dollars, if necessary, for the
purpose:'
The old ciuiuser Hermes, captain. C,
Re Lambe was sunk to -day by'a tor.'
peda fired by a German submarine in
the Straits of Dover ati she was re-
turning from Dunkirk, The loss of
life is small and the,, vessel:, was 'old
Berlin acknowledges that the Ger-
man casualty lists for the• past week.
amounts to 62,000.. The total to date
is about 420,000. -• •
It is reported that a plot has. been
discovered in United States td blow
up the Welland Canal
TUESDAY
It it stated that the Coital British
f ogeeunder General French is three
handrail thousand,
The. German cruiiser Karlshure cap -
tau" another British steamer in the
South Atlantie. •
Germany has rat :d another army
of 580,00.0,mainly x.915 recruits.
•
THF LADIES ARE PATRIOTIC.
The ladies of Exeter are putting it
all over the men in buytlding up the
Patriotic Fund and supplying clothing
far the soldiers and destitute 13e1 -
glans We take off our hats' to them
inother sense than that of common
courtesy. • Nothing seems to give too
much labor „nothing looks too hard,
nothing looks too trivial for them•
Theyhave been knitting, sewinga and
mending—many had never learned to
knit, but old and young take it up
with energy and enthusiasm. They
have been conducting a tea room' on
Saturday afternoons, making a iew
dollar's profit each week. A success-
ful promenade was given some weeks
ago and the latest move, Gras the
holding pf a Hallowe'en Tea Friday.
evening last in the Opera House when
about $125 of net proceeds, was 'idd-
ed to the fund. The. Tea was under
the auspices of the Junior Ladies'
Patriotic League, and the affair was
an unqualified success in every way.
The attendance was large; the 'sup-
per of pork, beans, salads, doughnuts
and pumpkin pie, with tea and coffee,
was all that could bei desired. The
hall was nicely decorated with bunt-
ing flags and fixtures appropriate} to
Hallowe'en. Here and there • were
booths for the sale of homemade
candler and pop -corn, a fish- pond,
and a, gipsy fortune tellers tent. 13ut
above all was, the spirit of work that
the whole affair represented. ivlen
seldom realize the amount of work
connected with the decorating o f a
hall the preparing of eatables, and
the serving of same, and the cleaning
up afterwards. The ladies are cer-
tainly to be congratulated on their
efforts
Local Items
Miss Dally Dickson is visiting' in
New 'H ambturg and other places tans
week
Mr. and Mrs, G. Anderson and
Mrs. Boor. autoecl to St. Marys and
Lakeside on Sunday.
Mrs Amos and Mrs. Hastings are
the \'(ro•men's Institute delegates to
the London convention held this week
Wo understand a couple of Exeter
boys slipped away to London to try
the medical exam. for enlistment -in
the second contingent an Wednesday
Mrs S ,Fitton has receivedan ac-
knowledgement of the recent - ship-
ment:•• of wearing apparel for the Bel-
gians Shipments in future will be
made every two weeks.
The Ailsa Craig Banner has again
changed hands, Mr. J. W. lCedweli,
of Alvinston, having purchased it
from Croft and Wright, Mr. Zroft
who has resided there for the nast
four years, is leaving for Toronto,
where he has a position with a;iub
ber company.
While assisting in loading a piano
at; 2vin• S Martin & Son's store on
Thursday night last Mr. Wm. Snell
employee of Mr. Gea, Crawley's) ',v-
ery, bad the misfortune to have the
nail on the index finger of the right
hand completely removed by ;betting
it caught under the roller on which
the piano} rested.
DEATH OF JOHN SNELL,--Atter
an illness of several weeks, the death
took place on Wednesday morning of
John, Snell Andrew street, Mr. Snell
had been in failing health foo- some
years, but had been confined to his
bed for only one week. Born; in Ex-
eter, the 'deceased resided here all
his life time, and for many years
bought horses, and also raced some
good ones in his time, He was wide-'
ly known and highly respected, In
religion heryas a Methodist ;rind in
politics a Conservative. Besides his
wife, who was Eliza Welsh, daughter
of the late Richard Welsh, he is sur-
vived by twossons and : two daughters-
-R
aughters—R J of Graraan, Alberta, A. J. of
Santa Monica, Cal., Mrs. G, H, Mc-
Donald of Des Moines, Iowa, andMrs
C. 1-I Smith of Windsor; three half-
brothers also, survive, Wesley, Charles
and David Bissett, Deceased was ag-
ed 67 years, 8 months and 19 days,
Awaiting the arrival 'cvf tat; sans the
funeral arrangements have not yet
been made
HURON ENLISTING.—Capt, 3)ctit-.
top and Capt., Sale of Goderich, with
twelve men from, that town Nave vol-
unteered for the contingent now • be-
securecl, The men are Samuel Ward
Ernest Wells, Harry H. Silk, William
Lott ery Arthur Riley, Henry Eden
Wm ,Walpole, dark Arnold, Albert
Corfield Benjamin 'Smith, Wrn. Gol-
by. George Arthur Bells. Capt. :31,n-
clair of iVingham has also enlisted
and six men, Albert Chapman, Percy
r Harris, George Reid, Chas. H. 'Searle
Jahn. H White, Albert Dovey. .Luck-
now has three men, Hartley Gordon,
Alfred Mortis, Donald Roy '\Iacdon-
ald, Walton has two, Bert Dennison
Richard Cunningham, Seaforth has
two Jesse Daniels, Frederick Daniels
Idensall one Wesley Colwell. Exeter
as ye* has none, Is it possible !hat
this town is not to be represented?
Fifty men are needed from Huron;
26 have enlisted, Could not Exeter)
get a few of her strong and healthy
young men :to enlist, or should we
be satisfied with lip -loyalty, thet rais-
ing o,' a few dollars, or a purely peace
time volunteer force ?
DEATH OF MRS. BASKERVILLE
—There passed away at herhame on
Williamspree`> Tuesday last,Maggie
pie
J
dso belovedwife A,n er n, b love of Mr.
Samuel Baskerville, at the age of 54
years. 'Mrs, Baskerville had been a
lone sufferer from rheumatism and
the disease being of a very severe
type the result wasthat she had be-
come crippled and her joints more or
less deformed, so much so that she
has been unfit to even attend to her
household duties. During the last two
years her condition has been very
severe, and the greater part of that
time she has been confined to 'her
,bed, She was born in London Town-
ship isi 18u0 and some years later she
moved' with her parents tis the Town-
ship rnf Stepheru, and about twenty-
five years ago moved to Exeter, and
has continuously resided here since,
Mrs Baskerville was a patient suf-
ferer and ;notwithstanding her great
affliction, was cheerful and . jovial.
Besicle.s her husband she is survived
by two sons, Lorne and Cecil; also
one brother and two sisters, Oscar
aor'l Mrs. S. G. Tetlock of Sarnia
and Mrs. L.. Meakins of St. Paul,
Minn .The funeral takes place to the
Exeter cemetery on Friday at 2 p.m.
DEATH OF AN OLD 'RESIDENT
—The pioneer residents of this lis-
a-ct are passing one by' one until
there are scarcely any to"tell the good
old storiee i;icident to pioneer life.
Thie week sees another of the tete•
elan laid to rest from this labors.
We refer to the degni 'e of Mr. Val-
entine Mitchell, who .passed away at
hi: home William street, shortly af-
ter three o'clock Wednesday marking
at the advanced age of 83 years, 2
months and 3.days, Mr. Mitchell was
a man of remarkable,physique, robust
and hardy, and scarcely knew; what a
day's sickness was until his last ill-
ness. For some months east he had
experienced a physical breakdown,
and gradually sinking. the end came; as
stated above, The deceased was born
in Darlington . '.p., near Port Hape,
an 1 came to Huron County 'vith his
parents when about 18 years pf age.
One year later his father was the un
fortunate victim of an accident which
cost him his life, being shot while
hunting near Centralia in mistake for
a bear The deceased now realizing
that he had to depend_ on, his own re-
sources took up farm lot 25, on the
3rd concession of Usborne, and in.
1863 married Belmira Huston, To the
uniot a family of six were oorn—
faur daughters and two, sons'.
Mr, • Mitchell has since lived
in all the surrounding townships—
Usborne, Hay, Tuckersmith and Ste-
phen—and about ten years ago he re-
tie -ed. from 'farmlife to Exeter, where
he has since resided, proving himself
a mast worthy citizen. Mr. Mitchell
was noted for his strict ' integrity,
honesty of purpose, and a man much
respected for his many good qualities.
In politics he was a staunch Conserv-
ative and was a member of the. Triv-
itt Memorial church. Besides hisag-
fed partner he'is survived by Mrs. hn-
Toronto, Mrs. Frank bill, Port
Huron, Mrs, Dan Dew and. Mrs. Evan
Dew of Usborne; John T. Mitchell of
Tuckersmith and Arthur of Usborne.
The funeral, which is to be private,
takes place to the Exeter Cemetery
to -morrow (Friday.) •,.
Apples Wanted
We will pay cash for Winter ter. peel
ing apples delivered at the Exeter
r
Evaporator. •We also buybright p � t sun
dried quarters.
`1
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Exeter Bargain Store
Are you prepared for cold sloppy weather? If not conte
to us and get fitted out with shoes, rubbers, underware, .
hosiery, suits, overcoats &c.
See our 34 inch fiannellette at ilc yd.
CxLOVE34 -A big range of samples in lines that cannot
be procured to -day.
SWEA ERS ---big variety. See our new sweaters, 79c,
UMBERELLAS---79c.
Our made -to measure suits and overcoats are the finest
on the market.
B. W. F. Beavers
STEWART'S
Where Reasonable Prices Prevail.
New Overcoats for Men
You will find a fine ,issortmen: of the Newest Styles)
here, Lots of nifty coats fr'r youths as, aa, for the
little fellows.
See our Fur -collared .oat with curl lining. Special at
$18.00.
Misses & Ladies Coats
If you have not eougnt your coat you should see wha,t
we are showing. The styles were never better;—The Pric-
es never so low—quality, considered.
New Plush Coats a -riving this week
Millinery
New goods are arriving for this department each week;
'Whenever you come in we will have something- new to
showou
y
Sweater Coats
'In the newest weaves and combination of colors, Coats
for every member of the [amity They are not high priced
You will say s'o when you see them
See our Special for nen and women at'&S.00.
J. A. STEWART
The Symphony Quartette
From the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, New York
A Concert Organization of unusual merit,giving a high-class performance of great varietythat appeals to the entire entertainment•going public,' will appear in
James Street Methodist Church, Exeter
Tuesday Evening, November 10th
Consisting of Trios, Duets, Violin Solos, Recitations, Ensemble Mtxsio, Whistling Solos
Quartettes, Pianolo ties, ello Solos, Impersonations, harnber Music, Readings and
Piano Solos
Wherever this company appeared they have had been favorably received and have bad
numerous return engagements.`
Admission 25c• Children 15c.
Under Auspices of the 3lpvvorth League
One-half the proceeds to be donated to the Exeter ?atriotio Fund